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fhce with fmall naiis, will hold on better than 

 a long flioe with large nails ; that it has lefs 

 weight ; that the lever is fhorter, which has yet 

 lefs weight of the Ihoe, and by confequence it 

 llrains the clinches the lefs ; and does not di- 

 vide the hoof like a large nail. Moreover I 

 refer to the experiment. As to thofe who are 

 no friends to the new method of Ihoeing, let 

 them only clinch the nails in a carelefs manner, 

 and the horfe will caft his fhoes, as they 

 pleale. 



Objection X. 



It is faid that the horfes that are not ihod 

 with cramps are moil lubjedl to flip. 



Answer. I can affirm that the more dry 

 and more fmooth the pavement, and the more 

 the frog or horfes heel bears upon the ground, 

 the horfe will be the more fecure j and he will 

 flip much lefs than if he had cramps , even tho' 

 he goes down very fleep places, or backs 

 flrongly. What is mofl certain is, that the 

 lefs fhoe a horfe w^ears the lefs he flips, becaufe 

 if it were poffible he could do v/ithout any, he 

 would not at all be liable to flipping. 



I do not, however, engage that the flioeing 

 I propofe would have the fame effe6t upon a 

 moifl: or greafy pavement, or that the horfes will 

 hold on them fo fecurely, efpecially on the hind 

 feet ; I think indeed that large nails would in 

 fuch places be of ufe ; which might alfo happen 

 upon a flippery foil. 



I have 



